Tuesday June 7, 2005

Today we had our Welcome dinner from CAPA at Osteria de' Pazzi. Which means the restaurant of the crazy. It was such a blast. The staff would do funny things and say catch phrases. When, one of the guys was pouring wine for Jennifer Lindshield, he said "Get 'er done!" It was hilarious. I also have a couple of pictures of another signore making me finish the last of the spaghetti (a whole serving) in only two bites. A couple of people got drunk and that was pretty funny, even though I took care of them as the sober one. Dru and I went and talked to some cute Italians too, and they were really nice. I think they were amused by my drunk friends. We told them we sing opera and one of them burst out in song like he was an opera singer jokingly. They were shocked because we are young and beautiful. They said the opera singers in Italy are old now because there are no good music schools for opera in Florence anymore. They're all in Naples (Napoli) or Milan (Milano). Milan is were the opera house of my dreams is. You know you've got a great career when you're singing at Teatro de La Scala! Congrats Joyce DiDonato! She's singing La Ceneratola (I'm not sure if that's spelled right) at La Scala at the end of June. We, unfortunately, won't get to see her. :-(
Ciao!